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Home ed

Find advice from other parents on our Homeschool forum. You may also find our round up of the best online learning resources useful.

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Home schooling

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Janemorrison1983 · 27/12/2021 12:52

Hi can anyone give me advice plz I’m thinking about pulling my 9 year old son out of school just need to know if it’s a good idea plz can u help

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Saracen · 27/12/2021 21:38

Sure! Why are you thinking of taking him out of school? What concerns do you have about home education?

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Janemorrison1983 · 27/12/2021 21:58

He kicks off when going to school and the school is not doing as I asked them as my son is showing all the sign for dyslexia and the won’t help him and I feel I could help more at home

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Saracen · 27/12/2021 22:13

So he doesn't like school and you don't think he is learning well there.

What is on the other side of the balance sheet - what's going well for him at school that causes you to hesitate about home ed?

Toddlerteaplease · 27/12/2021 22:19

How did the lockdown home schooling go? Did he flourish more that when in school?

Saracen · 27/12/2021 22:40

@Toddlerteaplease

How did the lockdown home schooling go? Did he flourish more that when in school?

Sometimes the experience of lockdown schooling can give some insight into what actual home education would be like, but often it doesn't. For one thing, lockdown schooling has taken place when Covid restrictions are in place and kids can't get out and do things, meet other people etc as they normally would. For another, the content of lockdown schooling is usually dictated very closely by the school and parents are under pressure to use the school curriculum, make their kids do work set by the school etc even when it isn't right for their child. Home education allows much more flexibility in meeting the child's needs.

My child loves home education, but would have hated lockdown schooling!

itwasntaparty · 27/12/2021 23:20

Can you support the curriculum?

Rose4578 · 27/12/2021 23:37

You could explore the SEN support route more and meet with the SENCO if you haven’t already. Checkout IPSEA for advice on how to get help for your child at school. If you are going down the home Ed route look on the home Ed section on of mumsnet for ideas. Twinkl is a good website as you can get most of the curriculum on there and lessons planned for different topics. I used it during lockdown and while I homeschooled for a year. I’ve sent mine back but have continued the subscription. You can also look at White Rose, Night Zoo Keeper and for free resources National Oak Academy, BBC bite size. Books wise CGP have a decent selection. Good luck either way.

Rose4578 · 27/12/2021 23:44

Oh and checkout home Ed Facebook groups, local ones will possibly have group activities.
Below link has some sites

www.wsc.ac.uk/parents/free-online-resources-home-schooling

Saracen · 28/12/2021 13:27

@itwasntaparty

Can you support the curriculum?

I think you are coming at this from a school point of view. Home ed parents don't have to use any particular curriculum. They don't necessarily follow a curriculum at all.

There are all sorts of resources parents can find and use to facilitate their children's learning. I see my role that way. I am not a teacher. In fact, teachers who start home educating their own kids often report that their teaching background is irrelevant to home education and they need to let go of their previous assumptions about education.

For example, my eldest was keen on music, art, and sports coaching, none of which are my strong points. That didn't hold them back, because they weren't relying on me to teach them. I do have a maths degree and thought that might come in useful, but I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times we sat down and "did maths" together. They had a whole world of resources at their disposal, and I was only a piece of the jigsaw.

Alex24561 · 30/12/2021 16:48

If you do go down the home Ed route, try the book 100 Ways Your Child Can Learn Through Play, I’d really recommend for lots of play based activities that weave learning into it

VivX · 31/12/2021 00:39

Nobody can tell you if it is a good idea for you or not. You must make the decision for yourself.

On the plus side, elective home education is incredibly adaptable: you can tailor it exactly for your child and you don't have to follow the national curriculum and it can be lots of fun, too.

On the minus side, you are entirely responsible for the education provision - and you have to pay for all of it. There is no funding. You will have to find educational and social things for your child to do (and probably take them to lots of different places, as they are likely to be in different places).

It needs to be a positive decision to home educate, rather than a negative decision to avoid school, if that makes sense.

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Janemorrison1983 · 02/01/2022 21:18

Thank u everyone I will look in to it more and talk to my son thank u so much for all the advice x

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